Planet Combustion
Periods in 2026 when a planet is so close to the Sun that it is combust (Asta). Marriage and other ceremonies are avoided while Jupiter or Venus is combust.
Combust periods 2026
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 06 Nov 2025, 23:51 | 26 Mar 2026, 14:07 | 139 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 26 Nov 2025, 11:51 | 17 Feb 2026, 15:08 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Dec 2025, 00:15 | 10 Feb 2026, 04:15 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Feb 2026, 22:07 | 13 Mar 2026, 22:09 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 08 Mar 2026, 09:34 | 12 Apr 2026, 00:04 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 May 2026, 23:16 | 26 May 2026, 23:24 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Jul 2026, 09:12 | 21 Jul 2026, 14:08 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 14 Jul 2026, 18:03 | 13 Aug 2026, 15:53 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Aug 2026, 01:28 | 13 Sep 2026, 18:35 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Oct 2026, 08:15 | 29 Oct 2026, 09:39 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Oct 2026, 06:04 | 10 Nov 2026, 15:54 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Dec 2026, 00:54 | 23 Jan 2027, 18:51 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.